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A review by hmatt
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
With the (MAJOR) exception of one very-spoilery aspect, I thought this was a fine, if cliché, thriller. Maybe a little on the long side, and certainly not without about 7 plot twists. One non-spoiler comment is that the narrator does a fine job, but also sounds like someone who is 30+ years older than the main character is supposed to be. This bugged me.
I cannot express just how disappointed I was to have the major plot twist be a ~~~supernatural thing. I kept reading in the hopes that this was another fake-out and it was actually something of-this-world, if horrible. Which would have been a very cool way to deke IMO. Alas, the author stuck with the woo-woo.
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Addiction